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Description:
Obverse
Cyprus coat of arms (A dove holding an olive twig and the independence year 1960), laurel twigs around.
Country name (Cyprus) in Greek, Turkish and English.
From 1991 the laurel twigs no longer touch the shield (KM#54.3).
Reverse
Depicts two heraldically arranged goats taken from a shallow bowl of the mid - thirteen century B.C. The value 2 above to right. One circle with 4 dots inside and two circles with 6 dots.
Starting in 1985, the value number is surrounded with a double line (KM#54.2 and KM#54.3) instead of a single one (KM#54.1)
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